The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-03-10
EVENTS OFTHE WEEK.
Domestic News

Domestic News
A gigantic syndicate has been formed in
Philadelphia to purchase the Chicago gas
works.
The Farmers Review, Of Chicago, states
that the winter wheat crop is, from presen
indications, fairly average one.
The amalgamated iron and steel workers
OF Pennsylvania have settled their difficult
ties and the mills will commence work at
once.
The public debt reduction for February is
estimated at $scOO,OOO, and the lessened
amount is attributed to the heavy pension
payments during the month.
DR.. Edmund Rogers, a wealthy bachelor
of Chicago, who died recently, left large
fortune to be given to any six women
whose husbands are drunkards.
The business men OF Canada are greatly
excited by the uncertainty of the election
returns, and business is generally sus-
pended throughout the provinces.
The order is issued by the Knights Of
Labor compelling all cigarmakers belonging
to that organizat on to withdraw from the
international union is to be rescinded.
With cannon, bonfires, music and the
hanging of Sir John A. Macdonald in etfigy.
Gloucester, Mass, celebrated the approval
by the President OF the fisheries retaliatory
At Selkirk, not far from Montreal, Cana
da, two engines, a snow plow and gang
,oyhf sv,o nd c;~
were smothered before they could be res
cued
Tho President has nominated Chauncey
r. Schultz to be assistant United States
treasurer at st. Louis, and Frank w. Beane
Of Utah to be register of the Blackfoot
Idaho) land Office.
The Rocky Mountain section Of the Cana
heavy rains, which have carried away sew
eral small bridges. Through traffic was de-
layed for some dayf in consequence.
The British ship T. N. Hart sailed from
New York May is for Shanghai since which
time nothing has been heard Of her, and it
Is feared that she Is lest with all on board.
She was commanded by Capt. Mccarthy
and had q crew Of twenty men.
A slight earthquake tremor was felt at
Charleston, s G. at 2:l5 q. m, March 4.
Mrs. Mary r. Green, mother-in-law of
Ferdinand Ward, has gone violently insane
over the loss she has suffered through the
misdeeds Of her soe e-in-law, with whom she
had intrusted nearly all her money.
The railway people at Windsor, opposite
Detroit, Mich, on the Canada side, are
complaining very much Of trouble and
annoyance given them by the American
custom officers doing. duty on the railway
taliatory bill. They say that great in
convenience will be felt when navigation
opens X the same course be pursued and
non-intercourse pretty well established.
December IS, 1855, Geo. Druse, farmer
living near Herkimer. n. Y, was murdered
by his wife. The family consisted Of Mr..
Il Mrs. Druse. daughter Mary aged 19. a
son aged 10 aud nephew aged 10. While
Druse was eating his breakfast, and after
q quarrel with his wife, Mrs. Druse left
the room and returning with pistol Mary
threw q rope over her fathers head and the
woman fired upon him, the first shot being
fatal, but she fired into him again, and then
being unable to get the pistol off, called in
the boys aud under furious threats Obliged
them to discharge the remaining chambers
into the body of the PROSTATE man. Mrs.
Druse cut up tie body and burned it in the
stove The whole family were arrested the
boys, owing to their youth We're discharged,
Mary vas given life imprisonment OF
Auburn and Mrs. Druse was sentenced to
execution. Exhaustive efforts were made
to save her from this fate, but all were ull-
| availing, and the execution took
place in the Jail yard at Herkimer,
February 2S. Mrs. Druse, large. muscular
woman, weighing 2l3 pounds, maintained
| marked conlposure from the beginning to
the end Of the case. On Sunday she made
q confession to her spiritual adviser, Rev.
do with the murder of her father or with
dispesing of his body, but that her brother
in-law Gates, after she fired one shot, shot
| four or five times through window, bis
shots taking effect, and that Gates assisted
her in disposing of the body. She also
| made an affidavit that Mary was wholly
innocent. Only twenty live persons wit
| messed the execution, though the town was
thronged with people. Her daughter Mary
| sent her from Auburn q farewell message
| aud q bouquet OF flowers. For the final
event Mrs. .Druse was dressed in black
cashmere with lace edgipg on the neck and
sleeves and wore q small shawl. Through
| all the details she maintained composure
until the moose was adjusted, when she
shrieked SO that she was heard by the great
throng outside. At Il :4S the drop fell
death followed from strangulation, and al
| l2:l4 the remains were placed in a burial
case, and under direction of Rev. Mr.
| Powell placed in the vault of the village
| cemetery